Jesus is God's Son
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As we walk through this month of January we know this is the first month of the New Year, 2020.
And while it might seem like any other day, I want you to know it is a time of not resolutions, but commitments. It is time to re-focus our lives on the person and work of Jesus
Now I use the word re-focus because it is like looking through a pair of Binoculars, you find of get distracted and you field of vision can get blurry, but you look more intently and search with your eyes then taking in the whole scene you are looking at...
Our field of vision should be the whole person of Jesus. Not just this piece or that one. but the whole, we are obligated to the whole gospel not just the sections that appeal to us.
I say that because many people pick and choose, they like this but do not like the Bible telling them how to live or act in this way… They are like Marcian… Jefferson did this too...
This evening I want us to look at the gospel of to begin with, Mark proclaimed to us that Jesus is God’s son. As we need to be reminded of that all the time, but especially as we set out on a new day, a new week and a new year.
Look at
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Jesus is the Son of God. Mark, the writer of this second Gospel, announced that truth to begin his book ().
The first of all that Jesus began to do here on earth, that is where these pages start.
The beginning … refers to the beginning of his earthy ministry, His work and his teaching. It is not His beginning.
Why?
He has no beginning or ending.. Hebrews 13:8
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
And of course we have the wonderful testimony of
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The beginning of that would be our beginning… the Word, Jesus was there, He was with God and He was God.
Mark, here in chapter 1, verse 1 says that He is the Son of God. So Mark reminds us He is the second person of the Trinity, He is God’s Son. The perfect, sinless Son of God, born of a woman born under the law.. .
And then if you look a little further down in Mark chapter 1, verses 9-11.
9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
So right here we see that Jesus is come to be baptized by John, and as this happens we see something so wonderful taking place, we see the Father proclaiming that this is the His Son.
The scene we see here is truly one of the most for the Trinity is displayed. You have Jesus coming up out of the water, the Father is speaking and the Holy Spirit descends like a dove.
I wanted a little more information, about the whole Idea of this descends like a dove…
The Holy Spirit is not presented as or compared with a dove in the MT or the LXX, but the use of the piel participle of רחף (“brooding” or “hovering over”) to describe the activity of the “Spirit of God” (רוח אלהים) in * may have given rise to the idea. - A Commentary on the Gospel of Mark
Mark: A Commentary on the Gospel of Mark Excursus: The Baptism of John
The Holy Spirit is not presented as or compared with a dove in the MT or the LXX, but the use of the piel participle of רחף (“brooding” or “hovering over”) to describe the activity of the “Spirit of God” (רוח אלהים) in Gen 1:2* may have given rise to the idea.
Mark: A Commentary on the Gospel of Mark Excursus: The Baptism of John
The Holy Spirit is not presented as or compared with a dove in the MT or the LXX, but the use of the piel participle of רחף (“brooding” or “hovering over”) to describe the activity of the “Spirit of God” (רוח אלהים) in Gen 1:2* may have given rise to the idea.
It might be that the Holy Spirit has come to as a prophetic voice come true where the the Lord spoke to Isaiah the prophet
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
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And if you go down a little further we find that another proof of Jesus being the Son of God..
Look at verse 12-13
12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.
Now Mark doesn’t give us as much material about the event as we know that other NT gospel writers share with us, but we know that the account is the same
Jesus after his baptism and the very beginning of His public ministry that the Spirit leads him, out into the wilderness.
And it is here that the Satan comes to tempt the Lord.
Satan comes especially because of who this is, He comes to the Lord in the hopes of defeating Him, or trying to overcome Him. But Satan cannot overcome the Son of God the one who even brought Him into existence.
The angels and fallen angels are the creation of God, as such they had a beginning and can have an ending of the Lord chooses to end their life....
Only God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) is eternal.
And then if you go down a little farther, verses 23-27
23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”
Verse 21 tells us that Jesus is in Capernaum, that home away from home for Him. And this day they are in the synagogue, and Jesus is teaching and they are astonished in His teaching.
And verse 23 tells us immediately there is a man with a demon who comes out of the synagogue. The demons cry out to jesus, you know why? They are subject to Him, they are His creation.
Jesus rebukes them, and casts them out and tells them to be quiet and they obey precisely . The cannot be disobedient to Him, because He is the Son of God, God himself.
And then another point to consider is as the son, Jesus spent a great deal of time in communication to the Father.
Three times, Mark records Jesus’ praying (Mark1:35; 6:46; 14:32), with speaking of prolonged praying very early in the morning—“while it was still dark,” in fact ().
Jesus, the Son of God, so loved and followed the Father that He deliberately and persistently pushed away from the work of ministry in order to spend time with Him.
That commitment sometimes necessitated meeting with Him long before others were awake, but Jesus kept that commitment as primary.
When I think of all the times that Jesus Prayers it reminds me more and more that we should be people who pray. And at the beginning of this new year, we should seek to pray more and more.
To be like Paul, be persistent in prayer.
Do I live like I genuinely believe that Jesus is the Son of God? If not, where do I need to repent?
11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
Jesus is the Son of God. Mark, the writer of this second Gospel, announced that truth to begin his book (). The Father proclaimed that truth as well at the baptism of His Son (). Even the demons understood that truth, even if they had no intention of following Him (). Jesus was the One through whom all things were made (), and all of creation points to Him.
Three times, Mark records Jesus’ praying (Mark1:35; 6:46; 14:32), with speaking of prolonged praying very early in the morning—“while it was still dark,” in fact (). Jesus, the Son of God, so loved and followed the Father that He deliberately and persistently pushed away from the work of ministry in order to spend time with Him. That commitment sometimes necessitated meeting with Him long before others were awake, but Jesus kept that commitment as primary.
Do I intentionally set a side time to be with the Father each day?
Do I live like I genuinely believe that Jesus is the Son of God? If not, where do I need to repent?Do I intentionally set a side time to be with the Father each day?
PRAYER: “God, I pray that this new year includes a deeper commitment to You.”
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’ ”
4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.
14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
16 Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22 And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” 28 And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.
29 And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.
32 That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. 36 And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, 37 and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” 38 And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.” 39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
40 And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” 41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” 42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. 43 And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, 44 and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” 45 But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.